Horseshoe.



No. 69|,390. Patented la'n. 2|, |902.

T. F. KENNEY.

HDRSESHUE.

(Application led May 11, 1901.1

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS F. KENNEY, OF LA GROSSE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-l-IALF TO HERMAN O. SOI-IARPF AND FRANK G. ROTH, OF LA GROSSE, WISCONSIN.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,390, dated January 21, 1902.

lAlziplication filed May l1, 1901.

To CLZZ wiz/m, it may concern:

Be it known that l, THOMAS F. KENNEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Crosse, in the county of La Crosse and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art Ie to which it appertains to make and use the same. f

Horseshoes of solid metal are trying on animals compelled to travel on Cobblestone roads and hard and unyielding surfaces of 1'5 concrete, Belgian block, and kindred hard pavements, producing lameness and soreness and otherwise affecting their efficiency. To minimize the jar to the limbs incident to the impact of the foot with the stone-like surface,

2o cushioning devices are provided and interposed between the shoe and the foot 'or applied to the tread side of the shoe.

This invention relates to the class of shoes having a soft-tread side formed by rubber or flexible material attached thereto. The shoe may be of any form, pattern, or size and may be provided with or constructed without a heel-bar.

The invention will be more particularly set 3e forth hereinafter and claimed and is illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a bottom view of a horseshoe constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lower side of the shoe, the packing being removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the complete shoe. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sec tion thereof. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a modification, parts being broken away.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same be of metal 0r fiber or of any desired mate- 5o rial and may be of any size, pattern, or make. Of lthe metals aluminium is preferred,because Serial No. 59,835. (No model.)

of its lightness and strength. The lower or tread side of the shoe is formed with a channel, groove, or recess l, forming an inner wall 2 and outer Wall 3. This depression or 55 groove l extends entirely around the shoe and receives the anchoring-rib 4of thecush- I ion or soft-tread material, applied to the lower or tread side of the shoe. The walls of the depression or groove l are undercut, and 6o the edges of the rib 4 are correspondingly beveled, so as to engage under the oppositelyinclined walls of the depression l and securely hold the cushion in place. An intermediate portion of the side members of the outer wall 3 is widened, as shown at 6, and receives the usual crease and nail-openings. This widened part 6.7contracts the depression l, and the side portions of the cushion or soft tread 5.are cut away, so as to pro- 7o vide ample clearance for the nail-openings and connecting-crease, thereby enabling the shoe to be nailed without interference of the cushion with the nails or operation.

The cushion or soft tread 5 approximates 75 the form of the horseshoeand is secured thereto preferably by the anchoring-rib 4, which fills the anchoring-groove l. This cushion or soft-tread material may be molded,

pressed, or otherwise applied to the lower side 8o of the shoe. Its heel and toe portions extend the full Width of the shoe, thereby providing a maximum amount of material for relieving the limb of jar and jolt. The outer edge portions are cut away opposite the widened parts 8 5 6 of the outer Wall 3, so as to clear the nailopenings and crease. The heel and toe portions of the cushion or soft tread are thickened to provide heel-calks 7 and a toe-calk 8, thereby increasing the cushioning action of 9o the soft tread and adding to the life thereof.

To increase the connection between the shoe and the cushion, so as to prevent the latter from stripping, it is proposed to provide the shoe with headed studs 9, which are by preference located in the groove or channel l at the toe and heel portions, since these parts are subjected to the greatest strain. It is also proposed to provide a series of openings l0 in the outer wall 3 of the shoe, and these openroo ings are arranged at the heel and toe of the shoe for the same reason assignedfor placing the studs 9 at the points indicated. The rubber, iibrous material, or cushion forming the soft tread passes through openings l0 and around the shanks and beneath the heads of the studs 9, thereby adding materially to the strength of the joint between the cushion and the body of the shoe.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new isl. Ahorseshoehavingadepression orgroove in its lower or tread side forming inner and outer walls, the outer wall being widened intermediate of the ends of the side members of the shoe and provided with the usual nailopenings and crease, the walls of the depression being undercut, and a cushion or soft tread applied tothe lower side of the shoe and having an anchoring-rib filling the depression or groove thereof and having. the outer edge'of its side members cut away opposile the widened outer wall of the shoe so as to clear the nail-openings and crease and having the heel and toe portions thickened to provide calks, substantially as set forth.

2. A horseshoe provided with a heel-har and having a groove or depression in the tread side throughout the extent of the shoe and heel-bar and having the walls of the depression undercut and having the'intermediate portion ofthe outer wall widened and formed with nail-openings and creases, and a cushion or soft tread covering the lower side and heelbar of the shoe and having an anchoring-rib filling the depression thereof, said cushion being cut away or reduced in width opposite the widened portions of the outer wall of the shoe to expose the nail-openings and creases and having its heel and toe portions thickened to provide calks, substantially as specified.

3. A horseshoe having a groove or depression in its tread side and extending throughout the extent of the shoe and having headed studs within said groove and having a series of openings in the part of the shoe exterior to said groove, and a cushion or soft tread .tted to the lower side of the shoe and filling the openings and groove thereof and einbracing the shank portions ot the headed studs, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presenceof two witnesses.

THOMAS F. KENNEY. [L. s] Witnesses:

HERMAN C. SCHARPF, M. N. HoUGH. 

